[1956 : Bom. XLVIII

GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA

LAW  AND  JUDICIARY  DEPARTMENT

BOMBAY  ACT  No.  XLVIII OF 1956.

THE MAHARASHTRA MINISTERS’ SALARIES
AND ALLOWANCES ACT.

(As modified upto the 23rd November 2012)

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CONTENTS

PREAMBLE.

SECTIONS.

1. Short  title  and  commencement.
2. Definitions.
3. Salaries  of  Ministers  and  Ministers  of  State.
4. Residences  of  Ministers  and  Ministers  of  State.
5. Conveyances  for  Ministers  and  Ministers  of  State.
6. Salaries  of  Deputy  Ministers.
7. Residences  of  Deputy  Ministers.
8. Conveyances  of  Deputy  Ministers.

8A. Sitting  allowance  of  Ministers.

9. Travelling  and  daily  allowances  and  residential  accomodation  at

places  other  than  headquarters.

10. Medical  attendance.

10A. Telephone  facilities  to  Ministers.
10B. Free  transit  by  railway,  steamer.
10C. Facilities  of  a  personal  assistant.

11. Sumptuary  allowance  to  Chief  Minister.

12. Ministers,  Ministers  of  State  and  Deputy  Minister  not  entitled  to
salaries  and  allowances  as  members  of  State  Legislature.
13. Ministers  of  State  and  Deputy  Ministers  not  disqualified.
14. Power  of  State  Government  to  make  rules  and  orders.
15. Repeal.

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BOMBAY  ACT  No.  XLVIII  OF  1956 1
[THE MAHARASHTRA MINISTERS’ SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES ACT.]
(This  Act  received  the  assent  of  the  Governor  on  the  30th  November  1956;
assent  was  first  published  in  the Bombay  Government  Gazette, Part  IV,  on
the  30th  November  1956.)

Amended  by  the  Bom.                      42  of  1958.
Adapted  and  modified  by  the  Maharashtra  Adaptation  of  Laws  (State  and
Concurrent  Subjects)  Order,  1960.
Amended by  Mah. 7  of 1960

Amended  by  Mah.  49  of  1983.(1-4-1983)†

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16  of  1962.
1  of  1965
36  of  1969.
50  of  1969*
41  of  1975  (8-9-1975)†
17  of  1976  (26-4-1976)†
52  of  1976.
9  of  1978  (7-3-1978)†
15  of  1980.
26  of  1981.  (l-4-1981)†
27  of  1981.  (1-4-1981)†
48  of  1981  #
72  of  1981§ (1-4-1981)†
10  of  1982  (1-2-1982)†
12  of  1982  (1-4-1982)†

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1  of  1986  @@  (1-8-1985)†

23  of  1987  (1-8-1987)†

4  of  1989  (1-7-1988)†

4 of  1991@@@ (1-6-1990)†

4  of  1994  (1-8-1993)†

10  of  1997  (1-1-1997)†
32  of  1999 (1-5-1999)†
8  of  2001 (8-1-2001)†
25  of  2003 (1-1-2003)†
30  of  2005 (1-4-2005)†
18  of  2009 (1-7-2009)†
32  of  2010 (1-4-2010)†
An Act to provide for the salaries and allowances of the Ministers
of 2[the Government of Maharashtra] and certain other matters.
WHEREAS, it is expedient to provide for the determination of the salaries
and  allowances  of  the  Ministers  of 2[the  Government  of  Maharashtra]  and
certain  other  matters  as  hereinafter  appearing;  It  is  hereby  enacted  in  the
Seventh  Year  of  the  Republic  of  India  as  follows:—

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1. 3[(1)  This  Act  may  be  called  the  Maharashtra  Ministers’  Salaries  and

Allowances  Act.]

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of November

1956.

Short title  and
commencement.

2. In  this  Act,  unless  there  is  anything  repugnant  in  the  subject  or

Definitions.

context,—

(a) “maintenance” in relation to a residence includes the payment of rates
and  taxes  due  to  Government  or  any  local  authority  and  the  provision  of
electricity,  gas  and  water  ;

1. For  Statement  of  Objects  and  Reasons,  see Bombay  Government  Gazette,  1956,

Part  V.  Page  350.

2. These  words  were  substituted  for  the  words  “ the  Government  of  Bombay ”  by

Mah.  15  of  1980,  Schedule.

3. Sub-section  (1)  was  substituted, ibid.
*  Maharashtra  Ordinance  No.  XV  of  1969  was  repealed  by  Mah.  50  of  1969.
† This  indicates  the  date  of  commencement  of  Act.
# Mah. 48  of 1981, except  sections 5, 7  and 9  came into force  on the 1st  April 1981.
Sections  5,  7  and  9  came  into  force  on  the  date  of  publication  of  the  Act  in  the
Official  Gazette i.e.  on  the  18th  September  1981.

§ Mah. 72 of 1981, except sections 5 and 9 came into force on 1st April 1981. Remaining
sections  came  into  force  on  the  29th  December  1981.  i.e.  the  date  of  publication
of  the  Act  in  the Official  Gazette.

@@  Mah.  1  of  1986,  except  sections  1,  2  and  3  came  into  force  on  the  1st  August

1985.  Sections  1,  2  and  3  came  into  force  on  the  28th  January  1986.

@@@  Mah.  4  of  1991,  except  section  4  came  into  force  on  the  1st  June  1990.  Section

4  came  into  force  on  the  20th  May  1987.

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Salaries  of
Ministers and
Ministers  of
State.
Residences  of
11[Ministers
and Ministers
of  State].

Conveyances
for  Ministers
14[and
Ministers  of
State.]

(b) 1[  ‘Minister’,  ‘Minister  of  State’  and  ‘Deputy  Minister’  means
respectively  a  Minister,  a  Minister  of  State  and  a  Deputy  Minister]  of  the
2[Government  of  Maharashtra],  and  “Minister”  includes  the  Chief  Minister
3[and  the  Deputy  Chief  Minister];

(c) “ residence” includes the staff quarters and other buildings appurtenant

thereto,  and  the  gardens  thereof  ;

(d) “rules  or  orders”  means  rules  or  orders  respectively  made  under  this

Act.

4[3.  There  shall  be  paid  to  each  Minister  a  salary  of 5[Rs.  10,000]
per month; and to each Minister of State a salary of 6[Rs. 9,200] per month.]

4. (1)  Each 7[Minister  and  Minister  of  State]  Shall  be  entitled,  without
payment of rent, to the use of furnished residence in Bombay throughout his
term  of  office  and  for  a  period  of  fifteen  days  immediately  thereafter,  or  in
lieu  of  such  residence  a house  allowance  at  the  rate  of 8[9[Rs.  10,000]  per
month  and  in  addition  a  sum  equal  to  the  electricity  charges  and  water
charges,  if  any,  paid  by  him  for  his  place  of  residence  in  Bombay  (being  a
place  other  than  the  place  of  residence  provided  under  this  Act  by  State
Government).]

(2)    No  charge  shall  fall  on  the 7[Minister  and  Minister  of  State]
personally  in  respect  of  the  maintenance  of  any  residence  provided  under
this  section.

(3)    The  expenditure  on  furnishing  the  residence  provided  under  this
section  shall  be  on  such  scale  as  the  State  Government  may  by  rules  or
orders determine.

10[(4)  Where  a  house  allowance  and  other  sum  are  payable  under  sub-
section  (1)  to  the  Minister  or  Minister  of  State,  then,  save  as  otherwise
provided  by  or  under  this  Act,  the  State  Government  shall  not  incur  any
expenditure, or the Minister or Minister of State shall not be entitled to any
payment,  for  additions,  alterations,  maintenance,  repairs  or  for
doing  anything  whatsoever  in  respect  of  his  place  of  residence.]

5. (1) The State Government may, from time to time, for the use of 12[the
Ministers  and  Ministers  of  State]  purchase  and  provide  motor  cars  and
other suitable conveyances, upon such conditions as regards their maintenance
and  repairs  as  may  be  determined  by  rules  or  orders  made  in  this  behalf.
13[The  State  Government  may  also  provide  free  of  charge  the  services  of  a
chauffeur for each motor car or conveyance so provided.]

1 These  words  were  substituted  for  the  words  “  Minister”  and  “  Deputy  Minister  ”
means respectively a  ‘Minister” and a “Deputy Minister” by Mah. 50 of 1969, s. 2.
2 These  words  were  subsititued  for  the  words  “Government  of  Bombay”  by  the
Maharashtra  Adaptation  of  Laws  (State  and  Concurrent  Subjects)  Order,  1960.

3 These  words  were  inserted  by  Mah.  9  of  1978.  s.  2.
4 Section  3  was  substituted  by  Mah.  50  of  1969.  s.  3.
5 These  letters  and  figures  were  substituted  for  the  letters  and  figures

“Rs.  5,000”  by  Mah.  32  of  2010,  s.  10(a).

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6 These  letters  and  figures  were  substituted  for  the  letters  and  figures  “Rs.4,600”,

ibid 10(b).

7 These  words  were  substituted  for  the  word  “Minister”  by  Mah.  50  of  1969.  s.  4  (1).
8 This portion was substituted for the letters, figures and words “Rs. 250 per month”

by  Mah.  4  of  1989,  s.6(a).

9 These  letters  and  figures  were  substituted  for  the  letters  and  figures  “Rs.  2500”

by Mah.  32  of  2010,  s.11.

10 Sub-section  (4)  was  added  by Mah.  4  of  1989.,  s.6(b).
11. These  words  were  substituted  for  the  word “Minister”,  by  Mah.  50  of  1969  s.4(1).
12. These  words  were  substituted  for  the  word  “the  Ministers” ibid.  5(1)(a).
13. These  words  were  added ibid.  5(1)(b).
14. These  words  were  added ibid.,  s.  5(3).

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(2) There  shall  also  be  paid  to 1[each  Minister  and  Minister  of  State]  a
conveyance  allowance  at 2[such  rate  per  month  as  may  be  prescribed  by
rules  made  in  that  behalf.]

6. There  shall be  paid  to  each Deputy  Minister 3[of  salary  of 4[Rs.  2,100]

per month.]

7.  (1)  Each  Deputy  Minister  shall  be  entitled,  without  payment  of  rent,
to  the  use  of  furnished  residence  in  Bombay  throughout  his  term  of  office
and  for  a  period  of  fifteen  days  immediately  thereafter,  or  in  lieu  of  such
residence  a  house  allowance  at  the  rate  of 5[6[Rs.  10,000]per  month  and  in
addition  a  sum  equal  to  the  electricity-charges  and  water  charges,  if  any,
paid  by  him  for  his  place  of  residence  in  Bombay  (being  a  place  other  than
the  place  of  residence  provided  under  this  Act  by  the  State  Government)].
(2) No  charge  shall  fall  on  the  Deputy  Minister  personally  in  respect  of

the  maintenance  of  any  residence  provided  under  this  section.

(3) The  expenditure  on  furnishing  the  residence  provided  under  this
section  shall  be  on  such  scale  as  the  State  Government  may  by  rules  or
orders determine.

7[(4) Where  a  house  allowance  and  other  sum  are  payable  under  sub-
section (1) to  the  Deputy  Minister,  then  save  as  otherwise  provided  by  or
under this Act, the State Government shall not incur any expenditure or the
Deputy  Minister  shall  not  be  entitled  to  any  payment,  for  additions,
alterations, maintenance, repairs or for doing anything whatsoever in respect
of  his  place  of  residence.]

8[8.

(1) The  State  Government  may,  from  time  to  time,  for  use  of  the
Deputy  Ministers,  purchase  and  provide  motor  cars  and  other  suitable
conveyances, upon such conditions as regards their maintenance and repairs
as  may  be  determined  by  rules  or  orders  made  in  this  behalf. 9[The  State
Government  may  also  provide  free  of  charge  the  services  of  a  chauffeur
for  each  motor  car  or  conveyance  so  provided.]

(2) There  shall  also  be  paid  to  each  Deputy  Minister  a  conveyance
allowance  at 10[such  rate  per  month  as  may  be  prescribed  by  rules  made
in  that  behalf.]

Salaries  of
Deputy
Ministers.

Residences
of  Deputy
Ministers.

Conveyances
for  Deputy
Minister.

11[8A.  Each  Minister,  Minister  of  State  and  Deputy  Minister  shall  be
entitled  to  a  sitting  allowance  at  the  rate  of 12[Rs.  500]  per  day  through
out  his  term  of  office  as  such  Minister  or  Minister  of  State  or  Deputy
Minister,  as  the  case  may  be.].

Sitting
allowance
to
Ministers.

1 These  words  were  substituted  for  words  “each  Minister”  by  Mah.  50  of  1969,  s.  5  (2).
2 These  words  were  substituted  for  the  words,  letters  and  figures  “the  rate  of  Rs.  1,000  per

month”  by  Mah.  1  of  1986,  s.  2.

3 This  portion  was  substituted  for  the  portion  “a  salary  of  Rs.  750  per  month”  by  Mah  50

of  1969,  s.  6.

4 These  letters  and  figures  were  substituted  for  the  letters  and  figures  “Rs.  1,600”  by  Mah.

32  of  1999,  s.  6.

5 This  portion  was  substituted  for  the  letters,  figures  and  words  “Rs.  150  per  month”  by

Mah.  4  of  1989.  s.  7(a).

6 These  letters  and  figures  were  substituted  for  the  letters  and  figures  “ Rs.  2,500 ”  by

Mah.  32  of  2010,  s.  12.

7 Sub-section  (4) was  added, ibid., s.  7(b).
8 Section  8  was  substituted  for  the  original  by  Bom.  16  of  1962,  s.  2.
9 These  words  were  added  by  Mah.  50  of  1969,  s.  7.
10 These  words  were  substituted  for  the  words,  letters  and  figures  “the  rate  of  Rs.  1,000  per

month”  by  Mah.  1  of  1986,  s.  3.

11 Section  8A  was  inserted  by  Mah  23  of  1987,  s.  4.
12 These  letters  and  figures  were  substituted  for  the  letters  and  figures  “Rs.  200”  by

Mah.  32  of  2010,  s.  13.

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Travelling
and daily
allowances
and
residential
accommodation
at places
other  than
headquarters.

1[9. Subject to any rules made in this behalf by the State Government, 2[a Minister

or  Minister  of  State  or  Deputy  Minister]  shall  be  entitled  to—

(a) travelling  allowance  for  himself  and  members  of  his  family  and  for  the

transport  of  his  and  his  family’s  effects—

(i) in respect of the journey to Bombay from his usual place of residence outside

Bombay for assuming office, and

(ii) in respect of the journey from Bombay to his usual place of residence outside

Bombay on relinquishing office, and

(b) travelling  and  daily  allowance  in  respect  of  tours  on  public  business
undertaken  by  him  and  suitable  residential  accommodation  at  places  visited  by
him on such business.

Explanation.—The  expression  “Bombay”  includes  any  other  place  appointed  by  the

State  Government  for  the  purpose  of  this  section.]

Medical
attendance.

10. Subject to rules or orders made by the State Government, 3[a Minister, a Minister
of  State  and  a  Deputy  Minister]  and  the  members  or  the  family  of 4[the  Minister,  the
Minister of State] or the Deputy Minister, as the case may be, who are residing with and
dependant  on  him,  shall  be  entitled,  free  of  charge,  to  accommodation  in  hospitals
maintained by the State Government and to medical attendance and treatment.

Explanation.—For the purposes of this section the expression “a member of the family”

means the husband, wife, son, daughter, father, mother, brother or sister.

Telephone
facilities to
Ministers.

5[10A.

(1) Every 6[Minister, Minister of State and Deputy Minister] shall during the
term of his office be entitled also to have a telephone installed at Government cost at the
place of residence or at any place in his constituency selected by him (being a place other
than the place of residence provided under this Act by the State Government).

(2) No  charge  shall  fall  on  the 7[Minister,  Minister  of  State  or  Deputy  Minister]
personally in respect of installation of, initial deposit for, rental charges for, maintenance
of and official calls made from, the telephone installed under sub-section (1).

(3) There  shall  also  be  paid  to  every 8[Minister,  Minister  of  State  and  Deputy
Minister] a sum of 9[Rs. 12,000] per month from the month in which telephone facility
has been provided under this section.

1 Section  9  was  substituted  for  the  original  by  Mah.  7  of  1960,  s.  2.

2 These  words  were  substituted  for  the  words  “a  Minister  or  Deputy  Minister”  by  Mah.  50

of 1969,  s.  8.

3

These  words  were  substituted  for  the  words  “  a    Minister    and    a    Deputy    Minister” ibid.,
s.  9.

4 These  words  were  substituted  for  the  words  “the  Minister”. ibid.
5 Section  10A  was  inserted  by  Mah.  41  of  1975,  s.  3.

6 These  words  were  substituted  for  the  words  “Minister  and  Minister  of  State”  by  Mah.  17

of  1976  s. 2(1).

7 These  words  were  substituted  for  the  words  “Minister  or  Minister  of  State” ibid., 2(2).
8
These  words  were  substituted  for  the  words  “Minister  and  Minister  of  State”, ibid.
s. 2(3).

9 These  letters  and  figures  were  substituted  for  the  letters  and  figures  “Rs.  8,000”  by  Mah.

32  of  2010,  s.  14(a).

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Free  transit
by railway,
steamer.

1[(4) Where a Minister, Minister of State or Deputy Minister has a telephone

installed at any place referred to in sub-section (1) at his own cost, then—

(a) the rental charges in respect of such telephone shall be borne by the State
Government ; and there shall be paid to such Minister, Minister of State or Deputy
Minister, as the case may be, a sum of 2[ Rs. 12,000] per month in respect of such
telephone  ;  and

(b) the charges in respect of official calls made from such telephone shall also
be borne by the State Government, if such Minister, Minister of State or Deputy
Minister, as the case may be, resides at such place as a residence and a separate
telephone  is  not  provided  to  him  by  or  under  the  provisions  of  this Act  by  the
State Government.]

3[10B. (1) Every  Minister,  Minister  of  State and  Deputy  Minister  shall  ,4**
be provided with facilities, which shall entitle him at any time to travel singly by,
5[first class or as the case may be, by air-conditioned two-tier] by any railway in
any part of India or by steamer in any part of the State of Maharashtra, in such
manner, and subject to such conditions, as may by rules or orders be prescribed
in that behalf:

Provided that such travel by railway, in any part of India, whether within the
State or outside the State, may be availed of by the Minister, Minister of State or
Deputy Minister, as the case may be, either singly or jointly with his spouse or
with  his  minor  children  or  jointly  with  his  spouse  and  minor  children 6[or
companion],  so  however,  that  the  distance  so  travelled  by  the  member  outside
the State, and by the members of his family 6[or companion] whether within or
outside the State, in any financial year does not in the aggregate exceeds 7[fifty
thousand kilometers.]

Explanation.—For  the  purpose  of  calculating  the  maximum  limit  of 7[fifty
thousand  kilometers]  for  travelling,  the  number  of  kilometers  travelled  by  the
Minister, Minister of  State or Deputy Minister,  as the case may  be, outside the
State and the number of kilometers travelled by the members of his family 8[or
companion] from the place of their residence, whether within or outside the State,
shall  be  counted  separately.

(2)  (a) Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  this Act  where  a  Minister,
Minister of State or Deputy Minister, either singly or jointly with his spouse, or
with  his  minor  children  or  jointly  with  his  spouse  and  minor  children 9[or
companion] undertakes a journey by air, in any part of India, whether within or
outside  the  State  instead  of  by  railway  as  provided  in  this  section  he  shall  be
entitled, subject to the maximum limit of 7[fifty thousand kilometers] for travelling,
to claim travelling allowance, as if he or both or all of them, as the case may be, had

1 Sub-secton  (4) was  substituted  by  Mah.  4  of  1989,  s.  8.
2 These  letters  and  figures  were  substituted  for  the  letters  and  figures  “Rs.  8,000”  by  Mah.

32  of  2010,  s.  14(b).

3 Section  10B  was  substituted  by  Mah.  72  of  1981,  s.  5.
4 The  words,  figures  and  letters  “with  effect  from  the  1st  April  1981”  were  deleted  by

Mah.  4  of      1991,  s.  4 (a)(i).

5 These  words  were  substituted  for  the  words  “first  class”  by  Mah.  4  of  1991,  s.  4(a)  (ii).
6 These  words  were  inserted  by  Mah.  8  of  2001,  s.  3(a)(i).
7 These  words  were  substituted  for  the  words  “thirty  thousand  kilometres”  by  Mah.  32  of

2010,  s.  15.

8 These  words  were  inserted  by  Mah.  8  of  2001,  s.  3(a)(ii).
9

These  words  were  inserted, ibid.,  s.  3(b)(i).

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undertaken the 1[journey by first class by railway]. In such cases, the difference
between  the  fare  for  journey  by  air  and  the  fare  for 1[journey  by  first  class
by  railway]  will have  to  be  borne by  the  Minister,  Minister  of State  or  Deputy
Minister,  as  the  case  may  be.

(b) Where  a  Minister,  Minister  of  State  or  Deputy  Minister,  either  singly
or jointly with the members of his family 2[or companion] as aforesaid undertakes
a  journey  by  steamer  or  road  transport,  in  any  part  of  India  outside  the
State,  he  shall  be  entitled  subject  to  the  maximum  limit  of 3[fifty  thousand
kilometers]  for  travelling  to  claim  the  fare  for  journey  by  steamer  or  road
transport  if  it  is  less  than  fare  for 1[journey  by  first  class  by  railway]  for
the  same  distance  or,  if  the  fare  for  journey  by  steamer  or  road  transport
is  more  than  the  fare  for 1[journey  by  first  class  by  railway]  for  the  same
distance,  to  claim  the  fare  for 1[journey  by  first  class  by  railway]  for  the
same  distance,  and  he  shall  have  to  bear  the  difference  between  two  fares.

(3) In  this  section,  where  facilities  are  given  to  a  Minister  of  State  and
Deputy  Minister  to  travel  jointly  with  the  spouse  (with  or  without  minor
children) 4[or  companion],  then  in  the  case  of  a  lady  Minister,  Minister  of
State  or  Deputy  Minister  she  shall  be  entitled  to  have  these  facilities  to
travel,  from  time  to  time,  jointly  with  her  spouse  or,  instead,  with  any  other
member  of  her  family  as  defined  in  the Explanation to  section  10].

5[10C. Every  Minister,  Minister  of  State  and  Deputy  Minister  shall  be
entitled, free of  charge, to the service  of a personal assistant.  For this purpose,
the  Minister,  Minister  of  State  or  Deputy  Minister,  as  the  case  may  be,  may
appoint  any  person,  possessing  such  qualifications  as  may  be  prescribed
by  rules  or  orders  made  under  section  14,  as  his  personal  assistant.  Subject
to  such  rules  or  orders  as  may  be  made  in  this  behalf  the  assistant  so
appointed  shall  receive  a  fixed  salary  of 6[Rs.  8,000]  per  month  from  the
State  Government.]

11. There  shall  be  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  Chief  Minister  a  sum

of 7[ten  lakh  rupees]  per  year  as  sumptuary  allowance.

1 These  words  were  substituted  for  the  words  “journey  by  railway”  by  Mah.  4  of  1991,

s. 4(b).

2 These  words  were  inserted  by  Mah.  8  of  2001,  s.  3(b)(ii).
3

These  words  were  substituted  for  the  words  “thirty  thousand  kilometres”  by  Mah.  32  of
2010,  s. 15.

4

These  words  were  inserted  by  Mah.  8  of  2001,  s.  3(c).

5 Section  10C  was  inserted  by  Mah.  48  of  1981,  s.  7  which  came  into  force  on  the  18th

September  1981.

6 These  letters  and  figures  were  substituted  for  the  letters  and  figures  “Rs.  7,000”  by  Mah.

18  of  2009,  s.  4.

7 These  words  were  substituted  for  the  letters  and  figures  “Rs.  6.00,000”  by  Mah.  4  of

1989,  s.  9.

Facilities of a
personal
assistant.

Sumptuary
allowance
to  Chief
Minister.

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12. Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  any  law  for  the  time  being
in  force,  determining  the  salaries  and  allowances  of  the  members  of  the  State
Legislature, 1[a  Minister  or  a  Minister  of  State  or  a  Deputy  Minister]  shall
not  be  entitled  to  receive  any  salary  or  allowances  under  such  law,  although
he is a member of the 2[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly] or the 3[Maharashtra
Legislative  Council].

4[Ministers,
Ministers  of
State  and]
Deputy
Minister  not
entitled to
salaries and
allowancess
as  member
of  State
Legislature.

13. For  the  avoidance  of  doubt,  it  is  hereby  declared  that  a  person  shall
not be disqualified for being chosen as, or for being member of the 2[Maharashtra
Legislative  Assembly]  or  the 3[Maharashtra  Legislative  Council]  merely  by
reason  of  the  fact  that  he  holds  the 5[office  of  a  Minister  of  State  or  of
a  Deputy  Minister].

6[Ministers
of  State
and  Deputy
Ministers]
not
disqualified.

14.

(1)  The  State  Government  may  make  rules  or  orders  for  carrying  out

the  purposes  of  this  Act.

(2)  Any  rule  or  order  made  under  this  section  may  be  made  so  as  to
be  restrospective  to  any  date  not  earlier  than  the  1st  day  of  November  1956.

(3)  Rules  or  orders  made  under  this  section  shall  have  effect  as  if  enacted

in  this  Act.

Bom.
VII  of
1952.

15. The  Bombay  Ministers  Salaries  and  Allowances  Act,  1952  (in  this
section  referred  to  as  “the  said  Act”)  and  any  law  corresponding  to  the
provisions  of  this  Act  in  force  immediately  before  the  1st  day  of  November
1956  in  or  in  relation  to  any  territories  which  after  that  date  form  part  of
the  new  *State  of  Bombay,  shall  stand  repealed :

Provided  that  notwithstanding  such  repeal  any  rules  or  orders  made  under
the  said  Act,  shall  so  far  as  they  are  not  inconsistent  with  the  provisions
of  this  Act,  continue  in  force  and  be  deemed  to  have  been  made  under
the  provisions  of  this  Act,  unless  and  until  they  are  superseded  by  any
rules  or  orders  made  under  that  Act.

Power  of
State
Government
to  make
rules  and
orders.

Repeal.

1 These  words  were  substituted  for  the  words  “ a  Minister  or  a  Deputy  Minister ” by  Mah.

50  of  1969.  s.  10(1).

2 These  words  were  substituted  for  the  words  “Bombay  Legislative  Assembly”  by  the

Maharashtra Adaptation  of  Laws  (State  and  Concurrent  Subjects)  Order,  1960.

3

These  words  were  substituted  for  the  words  “Bombay  Legislative  Council”, ibid.

4 These  words  were  substituted  for  the  words  “Minister  and”  by  Mah.  50  of  1969,

s.  10(2).

5 These  words  were  substituted  for  the  words  “ officer  of  a  Deputy  Minister ”, ibid.,

s.  11(1).

6 These  words  were  substituted  for  words  “Deputy  Minister”, ibid., s.  11(2).
* The  words  “State  of  Bombay”  shall  stand  unmodified vide the  Maharashtra  Adaptation

of  Laws  (State  and  Concurrent  Subjects)  Order,  1960.

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